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Mr. Driller (US, DRI3/VER.A2)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. High scores
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Game infos

Description Mr. Driller (US, DRI3/VER.A2)
Name mrdrillr
Manufacturer Namco
Year 1999
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 1P
Added to MAME .153
Romset size 20.5 MB
Romset file 6 files
Romset zip 10 B
Language English
Genre Puzzle

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic imperfect
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service yes
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 4 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 640 480 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade dri1rom0l.6 4194304 021bb2fa bfe3e46e9728d5b5a692f432515267ff8b8255e7 user2 0 good no
arcade dri1rom0u.9 4194304 5aae85ea a54dcc050c12ed3d77efc328e366e99c392eb139 user2 1 good no
arcade dri1vera.11s 524288 33ea9c0e 5018d7a1a45ec3133cd928435db8804f66321924 sub 0 good no
arcade dri1wave0.5 8388608 32928df1 79af92a2d24a0e3d5bfe1785776b0f86a93882ce c352 0 good no
arcade dri3vera2.2l 2097152 36b9eeab 85f5d57d4fc6160bfed49a08ad31a2cc2b4a38c5 maincpu:rom 0 good no
arcade dri3vera2.2p 2097152 811c00d5 627685078fceb023e8af1b7af5269f9b01a06dba maincpu:rom 1 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
C352 c352 audio 25401600
CXD8661R maincpu cpu 100000000
H8/3002 sub cpu 16934400
Speaker rspeaker audio

Serie

Serie : Mr. Driller
  1. Mr. Driller (US, DRI3/VER.A2) (1999)
  2. Mr. Driller (Japan, DRI1/VER.A2) (1999)
  3. Mr. Driller (Euro) (2000)
  4. Mr. Driller (USA) (2000)
  5. Mr. Driller (Jpn) (2000)
  6. Mr. Driller 2 (Japan, DR21 Ver.A) (2000)
  7. Mr. Driller 2 (Asia, DR22 Ver.A) (2000)
  8. Mr. Driller (2001)
  9. Mr. Driller G (Japan, DRG1 Ver.A) (2001)
  10. Mr. Driller G (Jpn) (2001)
  11. Mr. Driller G ALT (Japan, DRG1 Ver.A) (2001)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.153 [Tormod, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

0.77 [smf]


WIP:

- 0.153: Tormod, Smitdogg and The Dumping Union added Mr. Driller (US, DRI3/VER.A2). Renamed (mrdrillr) to (mrdrillrj).

- 12th February 2014: Smitdogg - I received a bunch of Namco boards today for dumping. From Tormod: Mr Driller (English - DRI3 Ver.A).

- 0.143u5: Changed 8-way Joystick to 4-way.

- 0.133u1: Fabio Priuli changed description to 'Mr. Driller'.

- 0.130u1: Changed description to 'Mr Driller (Japan, DRI1/VER.A2)'.

- 0.79u2: Changed description to 'Mr Driller (DRI1/VER.A2)'.

- 0.78: smf fixed user3 rom loading and input - Game now playable. Changed input to 2x Players, 6x buttons and 2x coin slots.

- 24th December 2003: smf sent in a driver for Namco System 12, supporting Aquarush, Ehrgeiz, Fighting Layer, Mr. Driller and Tekken 3.

- 0.77: smf added 'Mr Driller (DRI1/VER.A)' (Namco 1999).

- 20th July 2003: Guru - Received Mr Driller (Namco 1999). Big thanks to Leonid81, Bob Schultz, jmurjr, Smitdogg, f205v, Kevin Eshbach and many MAMEWorld contributors.


LEVELS: 5 - 10 (500m mode - 1000m mode)


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History


Arcade Video game published 20 years ago:

Mr. Driller (c) 1999 Namco, Limited.

A highly addictive puzzle game in which the player must drill down through an endless onslaught of blocks, attempting to get blocks of the same colour to touch and subsequently make them disappear. 'Undergrounder' bonuses can be picked up for bonus points and air capsules must be collected to restore the player's ever-diminishing air supply.

- TECHNICAL -

Namco System 12 hardware
Game ID : DRI

Main CPU : PSX (@ 16.9344 Mhz), H8/3002 (@ 14.7456 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C352 (@ 14.7456 Mhz)

Players : 1
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Released internationally in October 1999.

This game was originally going to be titled as 'Dig Dug III'. The main character, Susumu Hori, is the son of Taizo Hori (better known as 'Dig Dug'). Dig Dug III was initially developed unofficially by a few Namco staff, and work on the game was suspended while Ridge Racer Type 4 was being completed. However, Namco executives were impressed with the game and decided to support it as an official project.

The Mr. Driller series officially takes place in the year(s) 20XX.

- UPDATES -

Software version : DRI1/VER.A2 (Japan)
* Build date : 14:11:20, OCT 22 1999

Software version : DRI3/VER.A2 (USA)
* Build date : 14:11:20, OCT 22 1999

- SCORING -

As you collect air capsules, each one is worth 100 more points than the one before it. Upon completion of the 500 and 1000 boards, You can earn a time bonus, a perfect life bonus and a perfect air bonus.

- SERIES -

1. Mr. Driller (1999, Arcade)
2. Mr. Driller 2 (2000, Arcade)
3. Mr. Driller G (2001, Arcade)
4. Mr. Driller A - Fushigi na Pacteria [Model AGB-AD5J-JPN] (2002, GBA)
5. Mr. Driller - Drill Land (2002, GameCube)
6. Mr. Driller - Drill Spirits (2005, DS)

- STAFF -

Programming : Tomohiro Kaneko, Mazmoto Dai, Murakami Ayako
Graphics : Shinozaki Kaori, Hasegawa Taroo, Kusakabe Yasuko
Sound : Shina Masaru
Voice : Tatsuta Tomoko
Title logo & Package designer : Tamiya Kiyotaka
Product promotion : Cosyowaki Hiroshi
Production assistants : Nakabayashi Yasuki, Arai Takashi, Kuroda Masanao, Kondou Takiharu
Program support : Kyota Tanaka, Funatsu Tetsuya, Hijiya Tosiharu
Product manager : Hajime Nakatani, Oishi Masuya
Producer : Yoshizawa Hideo
Executive producer : Masaya Nakamura
Director : Nagaoka Yasuhito

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Nintendo Game Boy Color (2000)
Sega Dreamcast (2000)
Sony PlayStation (2000)
Bandai WonderSwan (2001)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "NamCollection") : Japan release only.

* COMPUTERS:
PC [MS Windows] (1999)

* OTHERS:
Mobile phones (2003)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01



mode: 1000m

plamat________________________332.000


mode: 500m

plamat________________________365.115